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DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS (DKA)
Introduction
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute, major, lifethreatening complication of diabetes.
DKA mainly occurs in patients with type 1 diabetes, but it
is not uncommon in some patients with type 2 diabetes.
Definition

DIABETES MELLITUS - Alvin C. Powers
Diabetes mellitus (DM) comprises a group of common metabolic disorders that share the phenotype
of hyperglycemia. Several distinct types of DM exist and are caused by a complex interaction of
genetics, environmental fac

Pancreatic islets
MAIN OBJECTIVE:
By the end of this section you should describe the disorders associated with insulin hormone and their
management.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Describe the types of DM
Relate the signs and symptoms of DM to insulin deficiency
Exp

DISORDERS OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS
Objectives
After this section you
Should identify the adrenal hormones
Describe the pathophysiology of the disorders of the adrenal glands
ASSIGNMENT use A/P by Ross and Wilson.
mineral corticoid (aldosterone) disorders i.

Lecture 3 Notes: Intended and Foreseen Effects of Production
TOPIC: continue elaborating definition of power as capacity to produce intended and
foreseen effects on others.
Professor Silbey tells us the story of aliens observing the humans. They observe t

Lecture 4 Notes: Influence and Conformity
TOPIC: Continue elaboration of the definition of power, begin discussion of what power is
not: influence and conformity.
Review of Simmel:
reductionism society is the sum of all
interactions relationism all social

Lecture 10 Notes: How is Power Institutionalized
TOPIC: How is power institutionalized? Foucault.
Note: Excerpts from today are taken from Two Lectures by Michel Foucault by Pantheon Books (1980)
Foucault, (1926-1984) French.
Foucault talks about how powe

Lecture 6 Notes: Total Institution
TOPIC: Force, continued.
Total institution force is a form of power, the direct manipulation of human bodies; can
be very successful but limited.
But there is also psychic force that contrasts bodily, physical force.
The

Lecture 2 Notes: The Study of Social Science
anthropology/sociology = study of human action and culture, what people do and produce
3 ways to study, different disciplines:
biology bodies, physiological
psychology development of individual mind, ego
anthro

Lecture 7 Notes: Personal Power and Charisma
TOPIC: Personal power, charisma, leadership.
We must distinguish between power and leadership.
Our current working definition of power is the capacity of person to produce intended and
foreseen effects in a rel

Lecture 1 Notes: Introduction to the Principle of Power and Control
30-40 years ago power was confined to the State
during the last 25 years, discussions of power are in almost all aspects of
life e.g. op-ed article, The Power Suntan by Russell Baker
met

Lecture 5 Notes: Gendered Labor
Weve been looking at intersections between the so-called public/private spheres
social reproduction happens in these intersections as does the formation of gender as a
mode of social reproduction
working class masculinity/

Lecture 4 Notes: Gender, Sexuality and Society
What is GENDER?
the characteristics, traits that differentiate men and women behavioral,
aesthetic
what it takes to be good at being a man/woman
its a relational category gender is not a euphemism for wome

Lecture 3 Notes: Gender and Status in Agrarian Societies
Last time we talked about modes of gender acquisition: socialization, ritual ways
that kids learn theres a significant distinction between girls and boys put in different
clothing (especially for im

Lecture 1 Notes: Gender, Power and Agency
Persons do not possess gender-typed qualities so much as they use symbols to
fashion presentations of self that incorporate gender.
And yet, in everyday practice, many jobs are strongly associated with either men

Lecture 2 Notes: Control and the Self
Weve been talking about how gender-typed qualities reckless courage, multitasking,
nurturance, etc. are not innate to women and men, but neither are they merely
learned by women and men (acquired through socialization

Lecture 6 Notes: Gender Acquisition
Turning to sociological and anthropological approaches to the study of gender: think
about how gender as a source of individual identity intersects with gender as a social
category, set of relationships
how do individua

Lecture 10 Notes: The Woman Question
Collier writes:
To understand, gender, we must understand social inequality. And, if gender
conceptions are idioms for interpreting and manipulating social inequality, then we
should expect notions of femininity and ma

Lecture 8 Notes: History of Modern Sexual Identities
Were shifting our focus from how people learn and make use of gendered attributes,
and both participate in and resist gender-based forms of power, to think about sexuality
how sexuality is, and isnt, p